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North Texas-Based Caterpillar Announces CEO Transition, COO to Take Helm

by | Apr 15, 2025
Current COO Joseph Creed joined Caterpillar in 1997 and has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility across multiple divisions of Caterpillar. He will succeed D. James Umpleby III as CEO, with Umpleby becoming executive chairman.
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Dallas’ Artisan Design Group Acquired by Lowe’s for $1.325 Billion
by | Apr 15, 2025
ADG is a nationwide provider of design, distribution, and installation services for interior surface finishes—including flooring, cabinets, and countertops—to national, regional, and local homebuilders and property managers. Lowe's said the acquisition will expand its Lowe's Pro offering within a $50 billion market.
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NVIDIA To Manufacture AI Supercomputers in North Texas as Part of Half‑Trillion-Dollar Push
by | Apr 15, 2025
NVIDIA's Taiwan-based manufacturing partners, including Wistron in North Texas and Foxconn in Houston, will build plants to produce the first NVIDIA AI supercomputers ever to be built entirely in the U.S. The goal: powering a new generation of AI data centers while "hardening supply chain resilience."
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Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation Names New COO
by | Apr 11, 2025
Chris Lyons has worked with some of the world’s most renowned brands in hospitality, zoos, parks and attractions. He'll now be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the planned Halperin Park in Southern Dallas (formerly known as Southern Gateway Park).
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Dallas’ Crow Holdings To Sell 6 Million‑SF Industrial Portfolio to Blackstone for $718M

by | Apr 10, 2025
Crow Holdings said the portfolio consists of 25 Class A buildings predominantly located in high-barrier submarkets in Dallas and Houston, two of the top-performing U.S. logistics markets.
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Dallas-Based P10’s RCP Advisors Closes Co‑Investment Fund at Nearly $1 Billion
by | Apr 10, 2025
The oversubscribed $994M RCP Direct V fund, raised by P10’s RCP Advisors, will co-invest in lower middle market companies—taking minority stakes alongside small and mid-sized buyout firms.
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Pegasus Park Speaker Series To Offer ‘Insights From the Frontlines of Health Policy’ by Former FDA Leaders
by | Apr 10, 2025
Moderated by Highlander Health Co-Founder Brad Hirsch, next Wednesday's free public event will feature two former FDA commissioners and a former FDA acting chief information officer. The focus: "how the FDA has evolved across four presidential administrations."
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Dallas-Based ParkHub Rebrands as JustPark Following 2024 U.K. Merger
by | Apr 10, 2025
While drivers everywhere look for a place to park, Dallas-based ParkHub aims to help them out by pulling into a new brand identity of its own. It's now known as JustPark, sharing the same name as the U.K. company it merged with across the pond.
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North Texas AI Contact Center Co. Humach Acquires New York’s Markets EQ

by | Apr 9, 2025
The combination "ideally positions Humach" to address the $250 billion market for agentic AI as it continues to build the AI workforce of tomorrow, said the Frisco-based company—whose name evokes "Humans + Machines."
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Siemens Acquires DownStream to Expand Printed Circuit Board Design-to-Manufacturing Flow
by | Apr 9, 2025
Plano-based Siemens Digital Industries Software said the acquisition strengthens its PCB design portfolio and expands its footprint in the electronics small and medium-sized business market.
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With Tim Tebow as Partner, North Texas Firm Closes $18M Fund for Tech Solutions to Combat Human Trafficking
by | Apr 9, 2025
The fund is said to be "the first investment fund in the world" dedicated to investing in tech innovation to fight human trafficking. "It’s an honor to partner with so many amazing leaders in our mission to protect the most vulnerable," said former NFL QB Tim Tebow, a general partner in the fund.
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Festive Groundbreaking Held for Dallas’ $325M Harold Simmons Park
by | Apr 9, 2025
The "transformational" park along the Trinity River near downtown Dallas will feature a 40,000-square-foot event lawn, an event center, a "six-tower" playground, a water play area, picnic groves, a skate and bike park, a unique cable ferry, and more. And as last night's event showed, fun will be had by all.
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Knightvest Capital Names Former Goldman Sachs VP as Its New Chief Investment Officer

by | Apr 8, 2025
Madison Tappan will oversee Knightvest's acquisition strategy and lead efforts to expand the firm's multifamily portfolio in key Sun Belt markets. Since its founding in 2007, Knightvest has invested over $10 billion to acquire over 60,000 units in Texas and four other states.
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Southlake’s Ancor Capital Partners Invests in California Electronics Recycling Company
by | Apr 8, 2025
The investment from Ancor will accelerate Mather, California-based CEAR’s "ongoing innovation, service expansion, and unique solutions in the circular supply chain," Ancor said.
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Is Your Organization Ready for AI? Key Considerations to Assess AI Readiness
Avoid common pitfalls with practical insights from guiding Fortune 500 companies through AI adoption
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Caris Life Sciences Raises $168M in Private Capital to Expand Platform
by | Apr 8, 2025
With the new funding, Caris said it has raised $1.86 billion in capital since 2018. Caris will use the raise to bring its science and technologies "to as many patients as possible and further our goal of revolutionizing precision medicine," Founder and CEO David Halbert said.
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